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Yahoo! News: Iraq

How life on run ended for California police killer

Posted: 16 Feb 2013 03:08 PM PST

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 file photo, Rick Heltebrake, with his dog Suni, looks over the burned-out cabin where Christopher Dorner's remains were found after a police standoff Tuesday near Big Bear, Calif. Dorner took his pickup during his escape attempt. Heltebrake, a ranger who takes care of a Boy Scout camp, was checking the perimeter of the camp for anything out of the ordinary when he saw Dorner emerge from behind some trees. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, FIle)BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. (AP) — As soon as he heard officers were chasing the suspected cop killer in a stolen truck, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Deputy Roger Loftis was certain: His buddy Jeremiah MacKay would be there.

Bomb kills 64 in Pakistan's Quetta

Posted: 16 Feb 2013 10:54 AM PST

Smoke rises after a bomb attack in a Shi'ite Muslim area of the Pakistani city of QuettaQUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Sixty-four people including school children died on Saturday in a bomb attack carried out by extremists from Pakistan's Sunni Muslim majority, police said. A spokesman for Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a Sunni group, claimed responsibility for the bomb in Quetta, which caused casualties in the town's main bazaar, a school and a computer center. Police said most of the victims were Shi'ites. Burned school bags and books were strewn around. ...

Iran to avenge killing of Guard commander in Syria: official

Posted: 16 Feb 2013 06:55 AM PST

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran will soon exact revenge on Israel for the recent killing of a Revolutionary Guards commander in Syria, an aide to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was quoted on Saturday as saying. Iran said on Thursday that an Iranian military commander named Hessam Khoshnevis, also called Hassan Shateri in some news accounts, had been killed in Syria by rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad, an ally of Tehran. Syrian rebels accuse Iran's Revolutionary Guard of sending forces to help Assad crush their 22-month-old uprising, a charge denied by the Islamic Republic. ...

Suicide attack kills 4 in northern Iraq

Posted: 16 Feb 2013 04:22 AM PST

BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide bomber, pretending to ask for help, assassinated a senior Iraqi military official and three bodyguards at his home Saturday in the north, officials said.

Suicide bomber kills senior Iraqi army officer

Posted: 16 Feb 2013 03:56 AM PST

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed a senior Iraqi army intelligence officer and two bodyguards in a northern town on Saturday after storming his well-guarded home. No one claimed responsibility for the attack. But suicide bombings are the hallmark of al Qaeda's local wing, Islamic State of Iraq, which aims to take back ground lost in its long battle with U.S. and Iraqi forces. Sunni Islamist insurgents tied to al Qaeda have stepped up bombings on Iraqi Shi'ite targets and security forces in a campaign of sectarian violence a year after the last U.S. troops left the OPEC country. ...

Why Americans hate Congress

Posted: 16 Feb 2013 02:15 AM PST

Members of Congress leave the Capital after the House went on recess for Thanksgiving.With piles of unfinished business, lawmakers head out for a 10-day vacation

Police, families cope with cop killer's aftermath

Posted: 16 Feb 2013 12:40 AM PST

FILE - This Feb. 7, 2013 file photo shows a burned-out pickup truck belonging to ex-Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner being towed after it was discovered in Big Bear, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. (AP) — As soon as he heard officers were chasing the suspected cop killer in a stolen truck, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Deputy Roger Loftis was certain: His buddy Jeremiah MacKay would be there.

Jesse Jackson Jr. and wife to plead guilty to fraud

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 05:49 PM PST

Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. appears on the U.S. Capitol steps in WashingtonWASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Former Chicago congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., son of the famed civil rights leader, plans to plead guilty to charges filed on Friday accusing him of misusing $750,000 in campaign funds, his attorney said. Jackson's wife, Sandi Jackson, has also agreed to plead guilty to a related charge of filing false tax returns, according to her attorneys. She resigned her seat on the Chicago city council last month. Both Jacksons, once considered one of the most powerful couples in the city, issued statements accepting responsibility. ...

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